(1237) Applications Functional Specialist x2 - BSTD

South African Reserve Bank; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking Applications Functional Specialists in Pretoria. The ideal candidates will provide functional support, drive analysis initiatives, and facilitate workshops. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 5-8 years of experience in a business analysis environment. Join us to enhance application performance and user experience in a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years’ experience in a business analysis or application support environment.
• Proven experience in driving analysis initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide functional support to application users.
• Drive analysis initiatives from initiation to implementation.
• Facilitate workshops and consult with business owners.
• Review business processes and identify solutions.
• Develop supporting business cases for solutions.

Skills

Business analysis

Testing

Configuration

Education

Bachelor’s degree (NQF 7) in Computer Science

Equivalent qualification

Job description

Overview

Job title: (1237) Applications Functional Specialist x2 - BSTD

Job Location: Gauteng, Pretoria
Deadline: October 13, 2025

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

Responsibilities

• Provide functional support to SARB Application users on assigned modules with a focus on testing, business analysis, system setup and configuration.
• Take responsibility for driving analysis initiatives from initiation to implementation on projects of low/medium risk with a cycle of up to 18 months.
• Facilitate workshops independently and consult with business owners and stakeholders in respect of problem definition and the identification of business requirements/needs.
• Review business processes and procedures, analyse business needs and associated data, identify and assess possible solutions, and define the associated requirements.
• Elaborate the scope and feasibility of solutions and develop the supporting business case.
• Manage change requirements and supporting specifications and provide functional specification and manage acceptance testing.
• Investigate problems and propose solutions by interacting with users, developers and other stakeholders.
• Configure complex business processes and tasks (where appropriate) within a system for improvement.
• Identify and register risks within their application functional streams.
• Provide input into the development of system training manuals, training plans and present training courses in support of new implementation.
• Configure (functional) the application as per approved business requirements and align with best practice.

Job requirements

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• A Bachelor’s degree (NQF 7) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Management / Technology or an equivalent qualification; and
• Five to eight years’ experience within a business analysis environment / application support or project environment.

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